That same month, Earls’ conflict with the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission began.
This commission voted to dismiss the complaint May 12 and gave her a reminder to be cautious with her public comments.Law360 Most complaints to the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission are dismissed before reaching a formal investigation. Of the 560 matters evaluated by the commission in 2022, zero were reopened cases, and 79 percent were dismissed without a formal investigation, according to theEarls’ lawsuit against the commission asserts that the multiple investigations and threats of disciplinary action have chilled her free speech and affected her ability to do her work as a justice.
the Associated Press that she was scolded by the state’s judicial oversight commission in response to a complaint filed against her for commenting that a 2020 lawsuit initiated by Trump had racist motivations.Reform-minded prosecutors and prosecutors of color are also under a microscope. Black women prosecutorsin recent years about the hostility they deal with from members of the public and government leaders.